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###¶¤=:»^, ON EARTH (THE PLANET WHERE I LIVE) A ,^»:=¤¶###
##¶¤=:»^,, LOT OF US HAVE ANTENNAS ON OUR HOUSES ,,^»:=¤¶##
#¶¤=:»^,,, OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE ,,,^»:=¤¶#
¶¤=:»^,,,, ANTENNAS FOR LARGER BANDWITH, WE HAVE ,,,,^»:=¤¶
¤=:»^,,,,, BUILD SPECIALIZED ANTENNAES FOR ,,,,,^»:=¤
=:»^,,,,,, SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM ,,,,,,^»:=
:»^,,,,,,, INTO ORBIT), WE'VE BUILT LARGE AS FUCK ,,,,,,,^»:
»^,,,,,,,, ANTENNA ARRAYS ,,,,,,,,^»
^,,,,,,,,, WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A ,,,,,,,,,^
»^,,,,,,,, DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. ,,,,,,,,^»
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=:»^,,,,,, WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT OUR POSITION IN THE ,,,,,,^»:=
¤=:»^,,,,, SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SOLAR SYSTEMS ,,,,,^»:=¤
¶¤=:»^,,,, PLACEMENT IN THE GALAXY, AND OUR ,,,,^»:=¤¶
#¶¤=:»^,,, GALAXYS PLACEMENT IN THE LOCAL CLUSTER, ,,,^»:=¤¶#
##¶¤=:»^,, AND »OUR» LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE ,,^»:=¤¶##
###¶¤=:»^, GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS ,^»:=¤¶###
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#¶¤=:»^,,, AND WE'RE MOVING AROUND THE SUN AT ,,,^»:=¤¶#
¶¤=:»^,,,, VELOCITY AND THE SUNS MOVING AROUND THE ,,,,^»:=¤¶
¤=:»^,,,,, CENTER OF THE GALAXY AT VELOCITY AND ,,,,,^»:=¤
=:»^,,,,,, THE GALAXY IS MOVING TOWARD ANDROMEDA ,,,,,,^»:=
:»^,,,,,,, AND WE'RE BOTH MOVING ANTICLOCKWISE ,,,,,,,^»:
»^,,,,,,,, AROUND THE GALAXY. AND WE AS A SPECIES ,,,,,,,,^»
^,,,,,,,,, HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE ALL THAT IN ACCOUNT ,,,,,,,,,^
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:»^,,,,,,, AND DESPITE ALL THIS, DESPITE ALL OUR ,,,,,,,^»:
=:»^,,,,,, (CLICHE) BEAMING OF FUCKING STELLAR ,,,,,,^»:=
¤=:»^,,,,, RADIO PROGRAMMES OUT IN FUCKING SPACE ,,,,,^»:=¤
¶¤=:»^,,,, AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR ,,,,^»:=¤¶
#¶¤=:»^,,, MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), ,,,^»:=¤¶#
##¶¤=:»^,, DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE ,,^»:=¤¶##
###¶¤=:»^, COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS ,^»:=¤¶###
##¶¤=:»^,, FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS ,,^»:=¤¶##
#¶¤=:»^,,, BEAMING OF ALL OUR SECRETS IN EVERY ,,,^»:=¤¶#
¶¤=:»^,,,, DIRECTION KNOWN TO US, ,,,,^»:=¤¶
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=:»^,,,,,, NO , ONE , HAS , ANSWERED ,,,,,,^»:=
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=:»^,,,,,, SO WHY IS THAT? ,,,,,,^»:=
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¶¤=:»^,,,, MOST OPPONENTS TO INTELLIGENT LIFE IN ,,,,^»:=¤¶
#¶¤=:»^,,, THE UNIVERSE SAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED ,,,^»:=¤¶#
##¶¤=:»^,, A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE ,,^»:=¤¶##
###¶¤=:»^, PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO ,^»:=¤¶###
##¶¤=:»^,, DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STAR (LIKE THERE ,,^»:=¤¶##
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¶¤=:»^,,,, ,,,,^»:=¤¶
¤=:»^,,,,, BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ,,,,,^»:=¤
=:»^,,,,,, DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ,,,,,,^»:=
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»^,,,,,,,, I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO ,,,,,,,,^»
^,,,,,,,,, IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY ,,,,,,,,,^
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##¶¤=:»^,, I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE ,,^»:=¤¶##
###¶¤=:»^, THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ,^»:=¤¶###
##¶¤=:»^,, FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING ,,^»:=¤¶##
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